It really came down to deciding between baseball and soccer. Soccer won out because I enjoyed it more.

International
McBride was a significant player for the United States national team earning 96 caps and scoring 30 goals for the national team. In 2005–06 he played 38 league games and one cup game scoring 10 league goals and one cup goal. On September 3 2010 McBride announced that he would retire following the 2010 MLS season.

and the Chicago Fire and is the third highest all-time leading goalscorer for the United States national team. Brian Robert McBride (born June 19 1972) is a retired American football player who played for the Colombus Crew Fulham F.